Gage for looms



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Specification of Letters Patent.

GAGE FOR LOOMS.

Patented Sept. 27, 1921.

Application filed September 1, 1920. Serial No. 407,426.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, JACOB DUDASH and Ismonn DUDASH, citizens of the United States and Czechoslovakia, respectively, residing at Lawrence, and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gages for Looms, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to looms, and more particularly to gages for assuring a constant and evenly-fed number of threads per inch in weaving.

The main object of the invention is to pro-,

vide such a gage which may be set for measuring the cloth" from the breast beam, where the cloth moves downward, to the newly-formed edge of the cloth as it is being woven, so that the same may be used to regulate the weaving on any loom, thus providing the same quality and evenness of weaving on all looms thus gaged.

The above and other objects will become apparent in the description below, in which characters of reference refer to like-named parts in the drawings.

It occurs at times in the operation of weaving cloth that something goes wrong with the machine so that the same must be stopped and the part of the cloth which is thus improperly woven must be picked out. Our device enables the weaver to eliminate the unevenly woven thread resulting from the above condition, so that the cloth will not show any weak spots or sections unevenly and improperly woven.

Referring briefly to the drawings, Figure 7 1 is a perspective view of our gage.

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the same, partly in section.

Fig. 3 is an end elevational view of the same, partly in section.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of our device applied to a 100 Referring now in detail to the drawings, the numeral 1 represents the frame of our gage consisting of a straight. rod having graduations in inches or other desired measuring units thereon. A slide 3 is slidably mounted on said frame, and is provided at the top with a threaded hole through which passes a thumb-screw 6, the lower end of which is adapted to press upon the frame 1 to lock theslide thereon. A tail 4 depends in the county of Essex from the slide 3, at right angles to the frame 1,t t5he underside of the slide being indicated a One end of the frame 1 is provided with fingers 7 extending outward and at right angles to the frame, the same being held rigid with the frame by means of a nut and screw 8, or other desirable means. In the illustration in Fig. 4, the loom is indicated at 9, being provided with the usual uprights 10 and rollers 11. The woven cloth is indicated at 12, and the threads about to be woven into the cloth at 14. Our gage is shown in position to measure the distance between the edge of the cloth 15 and breast beam 13.

In use, after theloom has beenstopped to pickout the badly woven part, the gage is applied first as Shown in F ig; 1, the fingers 7 engaging the edge 15 and the tail 4 lying against the breast beam or shoulder 13. The thumb screw 6 is then tightened to hold the gage thus fixed, whence the distance abovementioned may be read on the graduated scale of the frame 1. Then the gage is removed until the bad part has been picked out, and the loom is ready to start again. At this time the gage is again applied as be fore, the warp being adjusted until the cloth lies in the same plane as before. With the tail 1 again lying against the beam 13, the fingers 7 will indicate how great a distance lies between the edge of the cloth and the said fingers, so that the cloth may be moved to again lie in the previous position, that it. with the fingers in engagement. with said edge and the tail 4 against the beam 13. Thus the weaver can make the necessary reparation in a short time and the cloth will Show no breaks or weak spots owing to inconsistent weaving.

lVe claim A cloth weavers gage comprising a graduated bar, a pair of spaced prongs fixed at right angles to one end of said bar, said prongs being adapted to enter between the threads of the warp, a slide movable on said bar, means for clamping said slide in adjustment, and a plate extension on said slide adapted to engage over the breast of a loom.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures.

JACOB DUDASH. IS IDORE DUDASH. 

